About Lesa's Book Critiques
| I have been a library manager/administrator for over 30 years, in Ohio, Florida, Arizona, and, now, Indiana. Library Journal Mystery Reviewer of the Year 2018. 2022 Raven Award recipient from Mystery Writers of America. Recipient of the 2018 David Thompson Memorial Special Service Award from Bouchercon Board. Winner of the 2011 Arizona Library Association Outstanding Library Service Award. I am a mystery columnist for Library Journal, Mystery Readers Journal, and ReadertoReader.com. Author of the “Mystery Fiction” chapter in Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests (7th ed.) Winner of the 2009 and 2010 Spinetingler Awards for Best Reviewer. |
Recent Posts
Is it Too Late to Make a Run for It? by Judi Dench with Brendan O’Hea
When I read the first book Dame Judi Dench and Brendan O'Hea wrote together, Shakespeare: The Man Who Paid the Rent, I really only recognized O'Hea as Dench's friend and co-author. It's obvious in the new book, Is it Too Late to Make a Run for It? that he's also an...
Once Upon a Christmas Spell by Nora Roberts
If you're a fan of Nora Roberts' romances, you need to know the two stories in this book are not new, although Once Upon a Christmas Spell was just released. "All I Want for Christmas" was first published in 1994. "Charmed" is part of the Donovan Legacy, books about...
Chantelle Aimee Osman, Rest in Peace
Rest in peace my friend. Most people who are regulars here will never have heard of Chantelle Aimee Osman. She was an editor, an author, and one of my best friends in Phoenix after my husband died in 2010. I have so many stories I could tell about this amazing woman....